The Creative Journey Facilitator Training

After a dozen years of people asking me to train them in my workshop methods, the time is here.

The first four training sessions took place in 2015-2018. The next session begins in Spring, 2019.

Whether you want to:

Take the training just for yourself

Adapt the methods to your own workshops and classes

Teach my workshops in your community

Take this work to underserved populations

Travel the world while you get paid to teach workshops along the way

Become a more effective speaker, leader, presenter

Use the framework to design your own body of work (I hope you do!)

Figure out how to scale up and reach a bigger audience

I want to help you do that.

It’s also ok if you have absolutely no idea why you want this or what you would do with it (this usually how I end up in all the courses I take).

There are people who need you to guide them, who:

want to find their creative voice, or make a new body of work

are in a life transition that is difficult or scary— like divorce, illness, empty nest, career change,

struggle with being seen, or putting their work into the world.

have no idea what they want, just something “more creative”

crave clarity and focus—too many ideas without enough follow-through!

But how to help them? How to create and facilitate a great workshop experience? Why should people hire YOU? This takes years of trial and error and expense to figure out on our own.

What You’ll Get

Experience from the inside out with The Creative Journey Method: A unique way of approaching creativity that is informed by depth psychology, intuitive healing, indigenous wisdom, critical thinking and spiritual inquiry. Yeah! Those are a lot of paths converging here!

Leadership Training: How to lead workshops that engage and inspire people. The best tools from leadership, behavioral psychology, coaching, and…believe it or not… wilderness guiding.

Creativity Workshop Design: a proven set of tools, methodology and philosophy, that can be adapted and used with every type of audience and experience. This work is used in psychiatric hospitals, orphanages, corporate offsite meetings, conferences, universities, grade schools, spiritual retreat centers, churches, art schools, and in living rooms and community centers all over the world.

Business Chops: How to fill your workshops, what to charge, strategies and tactics that work, and what to avoid. There are about a thousand things at play here – I promise to keep it all simple, fun, do-able.

Community + Connection: The global community of Creative Journey and Creative Sketchbook Facilitators, or “Guidesses” as we like to call ourselves, is strong, supportive, and comforting, 24/7. Sorry if that just sounded like a description of your favorite bra.

We are a global circle of kindreds who really do help each other to make our dreams real. 24/7? We’ve learned that someone’s always up, whenever we need to check in, because of the worldwide time zones. Woo hoo!

The MOST unique thing about this method? Like all of my workshops, everything is taught (transmitted, really) with experiential creative projects, led by example. You actually use your creativity to take the journey. Which makes it incredibly enjoyable, by the way – it won’t seem like work.

Using your full creative powers happens…by using them. You’ll see (and experience this) for yourself. This is truly transformative work on every level.

Where & When

The next training begins in Spring, 2019. This training takes place entirely online, so you can participate wherever you are.

Prerequisite

Participation in this workshop allows you to get a sense of the work and me as a teacher, so you can know if it is resonant for you.

My Higher Purpose & Promise

I stand 1000% behind my work, and strive to deliver way more value than what I charge for.

It took me years of work and refinement to design this training so that it covers the most important points, offers the best experience for you, and leaves out anything non-essential.

It’s a distillation of so much good stuff – I’m really proud of it and eager to share.

The best types of trainings let you experience the work for yourself.

Mastery follows as you build understanding of the methods behind the work, join the group discussions, and get mentorship through your workshop design and delivery.

The supplies required for this course are the same as for the pre-requisite workshops you’ve already taken. This is an experiential creativity workshop in itself – which lays the foundation for giving your workshops.

Serendipity

Teaching workshops is the best thing I’ve ever done as an artist, therapist, and business person. Teaching workshops inspired me to start sharing my work online in 2002, simply as a way of sharing my work with students.

This humble beginning led to more teaching requests, and the biggest dream-come-true of all: a publisher calling me and asking me if I would write a book about my workshops. That first book became The Creative Entrepreneur .

You never know where this might take you, and if it feels resonant, I hope you’ll allow me to be your guide.

Lisa, I am surprised you can offer Option 2 for alumni at $29 a month or $297 total! Is this correct? just wanted to make sure this is correct. Do you need any proof that a person is an alumni? I took 3 classes a couple years ago when you did a bundle package. I appreciate all that you do! Thanks, Rena

Hi Rena – The pricing is correct, and it is for alumni of the Facilitator Training only. All alumni actually get the course again free, the charges for Option 2 and 3 are for the group coaching or 1:1 coaching respectively.

What is the cost for The Creative Journey Facilitator Training ? And, can I take just the Creative Sketchbook workshop? I don’t want training on teaching workshops. My focus is to find direction in my life/creative life. I wake up each day and flounder not knowing what to do so I end up doing nothing or I start and never finish. I have a house full of art supplies collecting dust.

Maybe this isn’t for me? Maybe it is? Please help me clarify.Any advice you have would be really appreciated. I just turned 60 and feel lost. Sincerely, Jan

Hi Jan – I would recommend waiting for my next free training class, it’s coming up in January and I’ll send an email with a link so you can register – It addresses just what you are struggling with – which is unfortunately SO common! I want to help!

After that, you can decide if you like my style of teaching, and then dip a toe in with another workshop.

“The Creative Entrepreneur Method is a holistic way of designing and launching products and ideas because it provides extremely practical and strategic tools that make business successful, while taking exquisite care of the psyche and spirit of the person doing the making.”

Beautiufully stated. I so enjoy how creativity can help people open and become more generative. I am also a guide – trained in spirtual guidance over 30 years, and yes I look at he cost of that- just a piece of my overall training = 55,000.00. So I hope to combine it with other areas of my training as an artist , mother and caring soul. Nice to meet you! Sofia

Hi Debbie, I have had the same problem. Signed up on the 31st of December but did not receive any confirmation either which is strange because they are usually immediate. I’ve emailed Lisa and Jen (her womderful tech support person) but have not heard back either. Glad to know I’m not the only one with this problem.. Let’s keep in touch and share what info we find out. I’m so looking forward to this workshop! Christine

Hi Lisa, Am so l looking forward to making this class the focus of my year! I signed up before Christmas but haven’t received a confirmation or any info – please get someone to confirm I am registered? Many thanks. Debbie

I’m SO full of anticipation! I signed up tonight after deciding that, yes, I CAN afford this because it’s an investment in myself. I haven’t stopped grinning since I hit the “pay now” button. I don’t know what’s in store but I know it’s gonna be wonder-full! Whoo-hoo!

I am about to signup :). Question? Is the Traing vs coaching identical with the exception of the 1:1 coaching. Does the basic training give you the perks mentioned under the coaching or are those separated. This was not clear to me. Thanks.

Also a BIG YES. I won’t be able to afford the option with monthly private coaching but will register for the basic option. Regarding that, and on the topic of more cost effective options, would you consider an option with maybe fewer private coaching options (e.g. 3 which means every other month, or even just 2, one at end of first month an one at the end)? Christine

Christine – Yes – that’s a great idea to offer fewer private coaching sessions. Let me dwell on how to make it simple and easy for us all – I think I’ll just include a link to purchase and individual session or a smaller package inside of our private classroom area once we get started.

I like this idea because some people really KNOW they want ongoing coaching for the whole time. Others may decide it would be helpful at a certain point – so I’d like to accommodate.

Thanks so much – I am loving having everyone’s input. It makes everything better for everyone. 🙂